Skip to content

Alone Quote by Sean M. Carroll

“If you find an egg in your refrigerator, you're not surprised. You don't say, 'Wow, that's a low-entropy configuration. That's unusual,' because you know that the egg is not alone in the universe. It came out of a chicken, which is part of a farm, which is part of the biosphere, etc., etc. But…” quote by Sean M. Carroll
Download Open image
“If you find an egg in your refrigerator, you're not surprised. You don't say, 'Wow, that's a low-entropy configuration. That's unusual,' because you know that the egg is not alone in the universe. It came out of a chicken, which is part of a farm, which is part of the biosphere, etc., etc. But with the universe, we don't have that appeal to make.”

Sean M. Carroll

2.7 out of 5 (7 ratings)

More by Sean M. Carroll

Explore all 47 Sean M. Carroll quotes

More Alone quotes

Browse all 3,084 Alone quotes